Door hanger



July 241, 1923. I F. K. FASSETT DOOR HANGER Patented July a4, 1923.

EJNKTLE stares Original application filed June 22, 1914, Serial No. 846,450. Divided and this application filed June 5,

Serial No. 585,9?1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS K. Fassnrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door Hangers, oi which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door hangers of the type wherein rubbing contacts are, as far as possible, replaced by rolling contacts, and one of the objects of the invention is to confine the rubbing contacts to points where very little pressure is sustained. Another object is to provide that such metallic parts as have rubbing contact with non-metallic parts shall also have rolling contact with metallic parts, whereby they will receive a planishing efi'ect in the normal operation of the hanger. Another object is to provide simple and effective means for attaching the door to the hanger after the latter is in place, by whichthe door can also be raised or lowered, and plumbed. Another object is to construct the hanger in such manner that the door may hang plumb without putting unequal strains on the hanger parts, even though the parts are not perfect. or are imperfectly installed. Another object is to construct a hanger in such a manner that drawn steel can be used to a great extent,

and castings nearly, if not wholly, eliminated. v

rangement for connecting thehanger to a door, and

Figure 6 is an isometric view of a washer forming a part of the structure shown in Figure 5. p

Referring now to Figures 1, 2 and 3, a sin gle track 50 is secured to the wall by any well known means, and grooved wheels 51, having axles 52, carry a rider composed of parallel strips 53-53, one strip resting on the axles at each side of the wheels. The

strips are united by screws 54: passing through spreaders 55, anclalso by the upper ends of the pendents 56 which, being formed into U shape are riveted to the strips. The lower ends of the pendents are bent inward- 1y to form feet and are provided with open slots 57 to receive the bodies of bolts 58. A hole 59 is formed in each pendent of such size as to allow the head of the bolt to pass through, these holes uniting with the slots 57, thereby enabling the door to be attached alter the hanger is in place and the bolts screwed into or otherwise attached to the door. The holes extend a short distance on the horizontal part of the pendents, as will be seen in Figure 5. A clip 60 having upturned flanges 62, and a slot which reaches from one flange to the other is strung on each bolt above the jamb nut 63, and after the bolts are in place in the slots 57 the clips are pushed up into place, the flanges 62 serving to close the ends of slots 57. After the nuts 63 are screwed up against the clips, or even near them, it is impossible for the bolts to slip out of the pendent slots. The threads of the bolts may be slightly Inutilated after the nuts are screwed up, to prevent the nuts working far enough down to let the bolts out.

The wheels 51 are connected together by links 65, preferably made of wood and boiled in paraifine to furnish lubrication and at the same time render the wood insensible to atmospheric conditions. Recesses 67 (see Figure 4C) are formed in the upper edges of the links by boring holes so close to the upper edge that the edge is out out, forming narrow slots. lVhen these links are hung on the axles of the wheelsa narrow portion of the top of the axle is left exposed, thus affording an opportunity for the rider bars 53 to rest on the axles. As the slots in the upper edges of the links are narrower than the diameter of the axles, the axles are enabled to support the links. This is very clearly shown in Figure 1. In Figure 3 it will be seen that the links and the rider bars are in contact with the same zones of the axles. In other words, the bars 53 are in the same vertical plane as the links 65. The links are connected together by sprcaders 66 and screws which pass through the links and into the Spreaders, thus preventing them from slipping off of the ends or" the axles.

In addition to economizing space, which the axles and the edges of the rider bars on similar to the rolling action which. takes place between the treads of the wheels and the track 50. This rolling action has the effect of planishing the axles, giving them a hard, glossy, rust-free surface, which rotates inthe recesses 67 in the links with a very slight amount of friction. lVhen it is recalledthat the links are made of wood and are therefore very light, and it is realized that the only friction between the axles and the woodis that which is due to the weight of the links. it will. be realized how nearly frictionless this hanger is.

For the purpose of avoiding rubbing at points where metal contacts with metal, the parts are specially formed. The treads ol: the wheels are crowned and the flanges flare outward. As the tread of the track ill 1: flat, it follows thatthe points of contact be. tween the flanges of the wheels and the cor-- ners, of the track are just the same di no? from the axis of the wheel as the portin of the wheel tread which contacts with the track. Therefore the contact between the flanges and the track is a rollin ii a rubbing contact. The same pris applied at the hubs, through n'iakiin'; the hubs of the wheels slightly conical. The only part of thehnbs that contacts with the rider bars is the part which is of the same diameter as the axle, and thus rubbing contact is avoided at this point. While it might be thought that the limitations imposed by considerations ofeconomy in the commercial application of the principle just described would prevent its success in practice, this has been found, through actnal experience, not to be the case. Experience has shown that hangers constructed as above described operate with extraordinary case and. entire absence of squcaking or other noise. These hangers never require lubrication, which is a very desirable quality, for

axles to roll quite to the ends of the riders.

It will benoticed in Figure 1 that the wheel at theleft of the figure would impinge on the spreader 55 at about the time the axle of theright hand wheel. reached the end of the rider. The wheelatthe right hand of the figure would then extend about half its diameter past the edge of the door, but since that would occur when the door was at the left hand extremity of its run, there would be no objection to this. The point of all this is that the distance between the wheels may be greater that is, the wheel base'ofthis hanger is longer, in proportion to the space required for the hanger to run in,

than that of any hanger of its type heretofore made. This is an important feature in view of the prevailing use of two-part doors. As the panels of atwo-part door are usually very narrow, it is important to have the wheel base of the hanger as long as possible, and since the spacefor the hanger is frequently no longer than the space allotted to the door, hangers of the type here shown have been ill suited to such doors.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodimentof this type of hanger, it is not to be understood that my invention is limited to the structure shown, as various nieiilitications are possible without departure from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims. What I claim is as follows:

1. In adoor hanger, atrack, a pair of wheels to roll thereon, an axle protrudingfrom each side of each wheel, a pair of links, one on each side of the wheels, the links having recesses in their upper edges in which the a: f -s lie and rotate, said recesses being open at their tops, the links thus connecting the wheels and keeping them a fixed distance apart, but leaving the top of the axles ex posed; a pair of riders resting on said axles, one on each Ends of the wheels and inthesame zone as the links, means unitinglsaid riders, and means for connecting theriders to a door.

I 2. In a door hanger, a. track, a pair ofwheels to roll thereon, an axle protrudingfrom each side of each wheel, a pair of links, one on each side of the wheels, the links having recesses in their upper edges in which the axles lie and rotate, said recesses nearly surrounding the axles, but'having openings at their tops narrowerthan the diameters of the axles, thus. exposing the tops of the axles but enabling the axles to support' the links; a pair of riders resting on said exposed parts of the axles, one oneachside of the wheels, means uniting said riders, andmeans for attaching the riders toa door;

3. In a door hanger, a track, a: pair of wheels to roll thereon, anaxle protruding fromeach slde of sald wheels, a pair of links, one on eachside ofithe wheels and hav ing recesses in their upper edges in which the axles he, the recesses being open at their tops so as to expose the tops of the axles,

while connecting and keeping the wheels a fixed distance apart; a pair of rectilinear bars, one on each'side of the wheels, their edges resting on the exposed parts; ofthe axles 1n the same zone the llnks occupy,

a pair of flat bars bent into a shape resem bling an inverted letter U, the limbs of said bar being secured to each of the riders, thus uniting the riders, one limb of each bar being extended downward and adapted to connect to a door.

4. In a door hanger, a track, a pair of wheels to roll thereon, an axle protruding from each side of said wheels, a pair of links, one on each side of the wheels and having recesses in their upper edges in which the axles lie, the recesses being open at their tops so as to expose the tops of the axles, while connecting and keeping the wheels a fixed distance apart; a pair of rectilinear bars, one on each side of the wheels, their edges resting on the exposed parts of the axles in the same zone the links occupy, means connecting said riders, a pendent attached to each end of one rider and extending downward, its lower end being bent to form feet extending horizontally under the track; said feet being bifurcated to receive the body of a bolt, the pendents having holes near the i bend which join the bifurcations, the holes being large enough to admit the head of a bolt, a pair of bolts to screw into the top of a door, their heads being adapted to pass through said holes and hook on the feet with their bodies in the slots and heads resting on the feet, rectangular washers on said bolts, having flanges to embrace the feet and locate the washers, said washers having slots which permit the bolts to move a limited dis tance in the feet while preventing the bolts slipping out of the slots, and nuts on the bolts whereby the bolts are rigidly secured to the feet.

5. In a door hanger, a track, a pair of grooved wheels to roll thereon, the treads of the wheels being crowned and the flanges flared slightly outward, said wheels having hubs which are slightly conical, an axle protruding from each side of said wheels, a pair of links, one on each side of the wheels and having recesses in their upper edges in which the axles lie, said recesses nearly surrounding the axles but having openings at their tops narrower than the diameters of the axles, thus exposing the tops of the axles but enabling the axles to support the links, means connecting said links together so they are unable to slip off of the axles, a pair of riders comprising rectilineal bars standing on edge on the exposed parts of the axles in the same zone the links occupy, means uniting said riders and means for attaching the riders to a door.

-6. A door hanger comprising a track, a pair of grooved wheels with fixed axles projecting from each side, a pair of links mounted on said axles to connect the wheels, the apertures to receive the axles being bored so near the upper edges of the links that slots are formed which expose narrow portions of the axles but encircle enough thereof to support the link, and spacers whereby said links are connected together and thus prevent the links slipping off of the axles; a pair of flat rectilinear bars, one of which rests on edge on the axles at each side of the wheels, riding on the axles in the same zone in which the links lie, means connecting the bars, and means for attaching the bars to a door.

7. A door hanger comprising a track, a pair of wheels to roll thereon, axles projecting from each side of said wheels, a rider lying on said axles, and means for connecting said rider to a door; said rider being so constructed that the axles can run to the farthest extremity thereof, thus enabling the axles to run to points in line with the vertical edges of the door, although the space provided for the hanger be no longer than the width of the door plus the distance the door travels.

8. A door hanger comprising a track, a wheel to roll thereon, a pendent carried by said wheel and means for connecting said pendent to a door, the lower end of said pendent being bent to form a foot to extend under the track; said foot being bifurcated to receive the body of a bolt with the head of the bolt resting on the foot, and provided with a hole near the bend to admit the head of the bolt, a bolt to screw into the top of a door, a washer on the bolt, having flanges to embrace the foot of the pendent and pre vent the washer becoming displaced, said washer having a slot which permits the bolt to move a limited distance in the slot in the foot but prevents its slipping 03 of the foot, and a nut for clamping the washer and bolt firmly to the foot.

FRANCIS K. FASSETT. 

